erst doctor

Diagnose development environment setup

Check the status of required dependencies and development tools.

Usage

erst doctor [flags]

Description

The doctor command verifies your development environment is correctly configured for Erst. It checks:

• Go installation: Verifies Go is installed and version matches go.mod
• Rust toolchain: Checks rustc and cargo are available
• Simulator binary: Locates the erst-sim executable
• Config files: Validates TOML syntax in configuration files
• RPC endpoint: Tests connectivity to the configured RPC server

Use this command to troubleshoot installation issues or verify your setup before debugging transactions.

Flags

--verbose · boolean · default: "false"

Show detailed diagnostic information including file paths and version checks

Alias: -v

Examples

Basic check

erst doctor

erst doctor --verbose

Output

The command displays a checklist of dependencies:

Erst Environment Diagnostics
=============================

[OK] Go (go1.21.0)
[OK] Rust (rustc 1.75.0)
[OK] Cargo (cargo 1.75.0)
[OK] Simulator Binary (erst-sim) (local build)
[OK] TOML config
[OK] RPC endpoint

[OK] All dependencies are installed and ready!

Status indicators

• [OK] - Dependency is installed and working
• [FAIL] - Dependency is missing or misconfigured

Failure hints

When a check fails, the doctor provides fix hints:

[FAIL] Go
  → Install Go from https://go.dev/doc/install (requires Go 1.21+)

[FAIL] Simulator Binary (erst-sim)
  → Build the simulator: cd simulator && cargo build --release

Dependency checks

Go

Verifies:

• Go is in PATH
• Version is installed
• Version matches go.mod requirements

Fix hint: Install Go from https://go.dev/doc/install

Rust (rustc)

Verifies:

• rustc is in PATH
• Version is available

Fix hint: Install Rust from https://rustup.rs/ or run:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Cargo

Verifies:

• cargo is in PATH
• Version is available

Fix hint: Cargo is included with Rust. Install from https://rustup.rs/

Simulator Binary (erst-sim)

Verifies:

• Binary exists in standard locations:
  • simulator/target/release/erst-sim
  • ./erst-sim
  • ../simulator/target/release/erst-sim
  • In system PATH

Fix hint: Build the simulator:

cd simulator && cargo build --release

TOML config

Verifies:

• Configuration files (.erst.toml, ~/.erst.toml, /etc/erst/config.toml) have valid syntax
• Non-comment lines contain = for key-value pairs

Fix hint: Fix syntax in .erst.toml or remove the malformed file

RPC endpoint

Verifies:

• Configured RPC endpoint is reachable
• Health check endpoint responds within 5 seconds

Fix hint: Set ERST_RPC_URL or ensure the default RPC is reachable

Verbose mode

With --verbose, the doctor shows additional information:

Erst Environment Diagnostics
=============================

[OK] Go (go1.21.0)
  Path: /usr/local/go/bin/go

[OK] Rust (rustc 1.75.0)
  Path: /Users/dev/.cargo/bin/rustc

[OK] Cargo (cargo 1.75.0)
  Path: /Users/dev/.cargo/bin/cargo

[OK] Simulator Binary (erst-sim) (local build)
  Path: /Users/dev/erst/simulator/target/release/erst-sim

[OK] TOML config
[OK] RPC endpoint

[OK] All dependencies are installed and ready!

Exit codes

• 0 - All checks passed
• 0 - Some checks failed (warnings only, does not exit with error)

Common issues

Go version mismatch

Problem: go.mod requests 1.21 but installed 1.20

Solution: Upgrade Go to the required version:

# macOS
brew upgrade go

# Linux
# Download from https://go.dev/dl/

Simulator binary not found

Problem: [FAIL] Simulator Binary (erst-sim)

Solution: Build the Rust simulator:

cd simulator
cargo build --release

RPC endpoint unreachable

Problem: [FAIL] RPC endpoint

Solution: Check network connectivity or configure custom RPC:

export ERST_RPC_URL=https://soroban-testnet.stellar.org
erst doctor

TOML syntax error

Problem: [FAIL] TOML config (line 5 missing '=')

Solution: Fix the syntax error in .erst.toml:

# Before (invalid)
rpc_url https://example.com

# After (valid)
rpc_url = "https://example.com"

Related commands

• debug - Main debugging command that uses these dependencies
• cache - Manage cached data (uses RPC endpoint)